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Is Net Neutrality Really Necessary? You’re Damn Right!

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by Egberto Willies and Keyan Bliss (Originally Published at Common Dreams) Three weeks after Christmas, the American judiciary gave telecommunications corporations a huge present. On January 14 a federal appeals court decided to weaken the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Internet Neutrality policy by striking down the rules it adopted in 2010 to regulate Internet service […]

Egberto Willies: Wendy Davis’ life story provides empathy necessary to be governor – Kingwood Observer

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It seems like I chose just about the right time to write an article on Wendy Davis. She finds herself under attack not only by the entire Right Wing establishment, but from the traditional media as well. She happens to be the story to balance the myriad of bad acts by Republicans. There is a […]

Egberto Willies: When does lying about Obamacare become immoral

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When does lying about Obamacare become immoral? Rick Perry is governor of the state that has the highest percentage of uninsured. After the full implementation of Obamacare in 2014, many will remain uninsured because he refuses to accept the Medicaid Expansion to the Affordable Care Act. Perry runs around Texas telling his constituents that it […]

Egberto Willies: Affordable Care Act Good For Texans – Kingwood Observer

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  Affordable Care Act Good For Texans Listening to 8 hours of the Affordable Care Act website rollout hearings this week provided no information for the average citizen. It was nothing but a charade. Republicans used it as a platform to attempt to further misinform Americans. Sadly, the format did not lend itself to enlighten […]

My Latest Op-ed In The Kingwood Observer On Obamacare Success

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This article on Obamacare was a bit longer and had to be cut down a bit. Where I mentioned President Obama’s statement in the State of the Union speech, I included the following snippet from it. Now, I have heard rumors that a few of you still have concerns about our new health care law.  […]

President Gave A Liberal Speech Every Conservative Should Like – Kingwood Observer

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I submitted this article as soon as I got back from President Obama’s inauguration in Washington, DC. Due to limited space, the Kingwood Observer could not publish it till this week. With our fast moving news cycle, while 2 weeks make an article dated, the president’s speech is still being actively discussed because it dropped […]

America Dodged A Bullet Despite Negligent Press by Egberto Willies -Kingwood Observer (2012-12-19)

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Following is my latest op-ed in the Kingwood Observer. It is important that we do not allow what a negligent corporate controlled mainstream is doing to our boy politic to succeed. LIKE My Facebook Page Follow @EgbertoWillies PDF of Article Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more insightful commentary and to support progressive […]

President Obama Best Choice For All Americans by Egberto Willies–Kingwood Observer (2012-09-26)

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The following is my latest article to the Kingwood Observer. I want to thank the editors for running this article as I understand it will likely get a lot of pushback from many in our conservative community inasmuch as it is based on sound principles. I strongly believe if our newspaper editors allow the free […]